Electronic fundamentals are introduced in Chapter

2. This chapter explains the principles, construction

and basic application of a variety of common semiconductor devices including diodes, thyristors, transistors and integrated circuits. The chapter includes
a detailed explanation of recti? er circuits, both halfwave and full-wave types, and the use of transistors
as current ampli? ers.
The advent of digital techniques and integrated circuits has revolutionized the scope and applications for
avionic systems. Chapter 3 provides readers with an
introduction to digital techniques. The function and
operation of logic gates are established before moving
on to explore the use of combinational and sequential logic in several typical aircraft applications. The
chapter also provides anto represent
numerical data. An introduction to aircraft data bus
systems is provided together with a brief overview of
the architecture and principal constituents of simple
computer systems.